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Database graphical user interface with calendar view

  • US 5,898,431 A
  • Filed: 12/31/1996
  • Issued: 04/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for use with a computer system having a memory and a display, the apparatus residing in the memory and generating a graphical user interface displaying information relating to a database storing a plurality of topics and responses to those topics, each response having a content, title, author, and posting date, the graphical user interface comprising:

  • a calendar view having a two-dimensional grid in which a timeline is displayed along one dimension of the grid, and an index listing the plurality of topics is displayed along the other dimension of the grid, the timeline displaying a plurality of equal time units, the calendar view further having means for graphically displaying the number of responses posted to each topic during the time designated by each time unit; and

    a report view adjacent to the calendar view, the report view having means for displaying indicia relating to each response posted to one of the plurality of topics.

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